But all he does is slag people off - the interview with Ianucci (via the red button after) tempered it all with a bit of humility. I loved the rappers ramble.

but at least he targets people who deserve it in some way, did'nt see the interview....beats Horne & Corden anyway

Two thumbs up for the standard of the material (it is possible to express negative feelings in a subtle way - who knew!) and anyone who dislikes Moyles is alright with me. Only slight quibble would be that they weren't exactly difficult targets and they're not particularly current topics either. (Maybe it was recorded a year ago?)

It failed to move me.

because he was too close to the hand-held mic. Couldn't they have wired him up with a lapel mic, and don't the beeb have engineers to vet the sound quality before a programme goes out?

My principle pondering while watching this exclennet debut was, do we need the sketches here? It would be interesting to see him just be given 30 minutes to do the subject, particularly when he demonstated that he can structure his thoughts, and present props/changes of subjct to punctuate his comedic flow.

The rap material was extremely bizzarre - I think Lee himself would be hard pressed to actually explain what he was attempting to do with that speech, and, when the section lasted for around three minutes, thats simply not good enough for a scripted comedy show. However, the rest of the stand-up material was absolutely top-notch, as far as I'm concerned. How can you beat a comic who gives you the immortal line:

"There is no point to a gut-clenchingly honest toilet book."

Don't get me wrong, some of his opinions are ridiculous - as someone whose a big fan of both Harry Potter and William Blake, treating them as though they are entirely anithetical seems a tad foolish, but, hey, how often does stand-up inspire debate of this nature? Big thumbs up.

I only saw the last fifteen minutes, but I liked it. The sketches looked a little unnecessary (a bit like Dave Allen, back in the day), but the stand up was good. I'll definitely watch it again.

several times, job done. Ridding repetion from comedy would leave only custard, falling over and Les Dennis as ways to amuse people.

be thankful you you're not in oil...*

* only makes sense to anyone who saw his 41st Best Comedian show.

... and the repetitions genuinely work when you are sat in front of him. It's effective and pretty elegant stagecraft. Missed the show though so I couldn't comment on the telly friendliness of his technique.

Word people! He's be a good Word from the Wise subject (unless he was one before I started "taking" the magazine as it were).

Love Stuart Lees stuff anyway so I really enjoyed it.

I thought the repetitive thing about rap could only have worked over a lengthy period of time. It needed to be long enough to get to the point of being slightly surreal and nightmarish to be funny.

I think his point about Harry Potter was that these are Children's books. And not very good ones at that. Mr Lee clearly understands good writing and skewered rubbish like Dan Brown very effectively.

"The bad mans cruel hand hit my nice face" Brilliant.

I found the programme very funny. It's refreshing to hear some comedy against Moyles that doesn't relate to his weight. (In my opinion those who slag off Chris Moyles because of his weight are far more idiotic than those who like the breakfast radio DJ that he is.)

In short, I thought it was very funny.

When did Morrissey start doing stand up?

It was ace. I wouldn't be suprised if the 250,000 viewers it supposedly lost over the half-hour were entirely during the rap bit, but I thought the punchline was good. And the Grange Hill sausage. Still laughing at 'the bad man's cruel hand hit my nice face', too.

Just watched it on the iplayer and was also amused by the "if you like this then you'll like Michael McIntyre Live At The Apollo" link. Really Mr BBC?

Really enjoyed the rambling joke about "The" Rappers and "The" Top Of The Pops. Sounded like a grumpy old man, but that was the point of it I thought!

Could've done without the sketches, but then would the BBC have broadcast a series of 30 mins standup each week from the 41st best comedian? Probably not.

Definitely "Nice mash". :-)